However, if you go to the meetups, you can usually spot some of the 1% :)PS: Do note that just as you would vet a good investor agent, that same investor agent will probably want to also vet you and make sure that you are a serious buyer and not some random guy that is trying his luck at the "get rich quick" real estate scheme.

Keep in mind expenses are always higher than you think... for a single family house plan on putting away another 3K/year for random cost that you can't forsee.

That doesn't include a random attorney somewhere.  

You don't want to get sued for injuries on the job because the contractor picked up some random guy at Home Depot and he's not covered under any workers comp. insurance.

The more contact you have with people, the better chance you have of finding a deal in the most random places.  

Couple of random thoughts...I would probably try a hybrid approach.

The other was a more random attorney on a web site.Thanks and I shall update.      

Some places will do it on a rotation, or a random draw, some places have no system.  

You can buy random stone molds for concrete and paver sand to redo the walk way.  

The outskirts of JC are a little rougher in terms of commute, especially when people think JC and random other towns (think East Rutherford) are coming in strong.